---
type: "Bill"
title: "EPA ACT-LANDFILL IN FLOODPLAIN"
description: "EPA ACT-LANDFILL IN FLOODPLAIN"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 496"
citation: "Illinois SB 496 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e9dcfd1-6c9f-4bb0-abcd-9851a0bd302b"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "83fea09512672aaedec1cb556ade96dfe85c2c48f8007049ed8e7857b8949d8c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 496 (91st) — EPA ACT-LANDFILL IN FLOODPLAIN

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0496LV.html)

## Sponsors

- HASSERT — cosponsor (person)
- NOVAK — cosponsor (person)
- RAUSCHENBERGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVIR & ENE `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 007-001-000 SENV
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-11
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-16
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-23
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 049-007-001 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR NOVAK
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVRMNT ENRGY `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HENE
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED TENHOUSE
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED TENHOUSE
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED TENHOUSE
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1999-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-NOVAK
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1999-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED
- **1999-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #1
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-NOVAK
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-002-000
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HASSERT
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-NOVAK
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 088-024-004 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SENV
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SENV/007-000-000
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/056-001-000
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-16T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-14
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0588

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e9dcfd1-6c9f-4bb0-abcd-9851a0bd302b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).